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Hi there, I am Nicole. This blog is simply my little corner of the writing world. I used to own and operate the previous website known as Freelance Writer's Exchange, but my focus changed a lot and I decided to let that go and run with this.

I am a YA & Women's Fiction writer. Trying my hand at my first steamy romance novel. Wife. Mom to 5. Freelance contributor to family, food & lifestyle pubs. I love chocolate, books, photography, scrapbooking & Sushi. Not necessarily in that order.

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Are you participating in NaNoWriMo in 2010? If you are, leave me a comment with your id and I'll add you as a friend! 2010 will be my 5th year winning, and my 7th year participating. (like the optimism?)




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You Know You Are a Serious Writer When….

In the spirit of October 1st quickly approaching, which means they will clear out the forums and start fresh again, I am posting this awesome list that NaNo’ers provided on a really fun thread.

You know you’re a serious writer when:

- The people at Starbucks know you by name and what drinks you like
- You’ve ever drank . . . → Read More: You Know You Are a Serious Writer When….

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Past Writing Positions

I was browsing around today looking at some of my older articles I have written at a variety of locations, and ended up laughing when I landed on one site in particular.

I left them back several months ago, because the pay was pretty bad for what the article entailed – I had received a pay increase . . . → Read More: Past Writing Positions

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Embarking on a Journey

Ha! I seem to sign my life over on a regular basis and commit to huge projects that take up my time. Why do I do that? Truly it is because I am passionate about my writing, so much so that I love to be involved in all sorts of different types of projects.

So I just . . . → Read More: Embarking on a Journey

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Word Padding – Why?

So I was visiting the NaNoWriMo message boards, which is where I go when I am looking for a little inspiration or just writing topics to read through. I came across a post that I have seen every year since I began doing NaNoWriMo. It entails what I call cheating, even though it is cheating only . . . → Read More: Word Padding – Why?

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Is It Copyrighted?

I just had to share this hilarious email I got back in September to an email account I don’t use very often but it cracked me up and wanted to share:

from: Anne Peterson
to: *******@gmail.com
date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 2:18 PM
subject: saying
mailed-by gmail.com

Hi Nicole,

I am the author of one of the sayings you have on your site. It . . . → Read More: Is It Copyrighted?

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Need Help With Your Novel? Great Tips!

Try any of these spots for a little help on writing your novel or getting inspired. I plan to keep this fairly updated and eventually turn it into a link up at the top.

Looking for a first name?

First Names and What They Mean

Looking for a last name?

Last Names and What They Mean

Looking for a pet name?

Pet . . . → Read More: Need Help With Your Novel? Great Tips!

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How Fast Are You?

I’m not competitive by nature. In fact, I usually don’t enjoy playing any game with other people because well, I tend to suck at lots of games. LOL I’m actually okay with that.

But when I found TypeRacer, everything changed. I found it fun to play with other people, because it challenged me to get better. So . . . → Read More: How Fast Are You?

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Numerous Manuscripts

Do you have more than one story/book going at one time? I do. Actually I have dozens from over the years, along with dozens of outlines and just text files with a paragraph or two or even just descriptions of something I planned to use.

Every once in awhile I open up a file or two and . . . → Read More: Numerous Manuscripts

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What Genre Are You Writing?

I’ve spent a great deal of time lately thinking about the different genre options out there. There are so many and even within a genre, there might be sub-genre’s that continue on and one possibly with even more sub-genre’s. Confused yet? Yeah.

So, what genre do you find yourself writing a lot of? What genre’s do you . . . → Read More: What Genre Are You Writing?

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Picking a Title for Your Book

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a title for a book? For some writer’s, the title comes before the plot, or the characters. And for others, the entire book is written and there is time spent painstakingly thinking about what to call the masterpiece they slaved over.

A couple of years back . . . → Read More: Picking a Title for Your Book

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